哨
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a whistle; sentry
- HSK 3.0
- Level 7–9
- Old HSK
- Level 6
- Strokes
- 10
- Radical
- 口 +7
- Structure
- Left–right 左右
- Traditional
- 哨
- Common rank
- #1,983
- Unicode
- U+54E8
Sound it out + =
Formation & memory
Break the character into parts you already know.
Words with 哨
The most common words first — learning a character in context makes it stick.
| Word | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 花里胡哨 | gaudy; flashy (but without substance) | |
| 哨子声 | whistling sound | |
| 前哨战 | skirmish | |
| 暗哨儿 | whistle given as a secret signal | |
| 哨子 | whistle | |
| 花哨 | garish; gaudy | |
| 明岗暗哨 | both covert and undercover (officers) keeping watch (idiom) | |
| 口哨 | whistle | |
| 吹哨人 | whistleblower | |
| 吹口哨 | to whistle | |
| 黑哨 | (soccer etc) corrupt officiating; dubious call | |
| 前哨 | outpost; (fig.) front line | |
| 哨卡 | border sentry post | |
| 观察哨 | sentry post | |
| 检查哨 | inspection post; checkpoint | |
| 放哨 | to keep watch; to do sentry duty; to be on patrol | |
| 哨所 | watchhouse; sentry post | |
| 步哨 | sentry; sentinel | |
| 哨兵 | sentinel | |
| 查哨 | to check the sentries |
Sound family
Characters sharing the sound component 肖 — compare how they read.
| Character | Pinyin | Meaning |
|---|---|---|
| 肖 sound part | to resemble, to look like; to be like | |
| 消 | news, rumors; to die out, to melt away, to vanish | |
| 销 | to fuse, to melt; to market, to sell | |
| 削 | to pare, to scrape, to trim | |
| 硝 | saltpeter; to tan leather | |
| 屑 | bits, crumbs, scraps; fragments; not worthwhile | |
| 宵 | night, evening, darkness | |
| 鞘 | scabbard, sheath | |
| 梢 | the tip of a branch; rudder | |
| 悄 | quiet, silent, still; anxious | |
| 筲 | basket, bucket | |
| 蛸 | octopus; long-legged spider; mantis nest | |
| 峭 | steep, precipitous, rugged | |
| 逍 | to ramble, to stroll; to jaunt, to loiter | |
| 捎 | to carry, to take; to select | |
| 艄 | the stern of a ship | |
| 魈 | mischievious mountain spirit | |
| 诮 | to scold, to blame; to ridicule, to criticize | |
| 绡 | raw silk |